$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1b Completed
$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1b Completed
Day 1b of the $1,000,000 guaranteed RGPS Contenders Season Finale saw several players battle for the chip lead throughout the day, but at the end, it turned into a two-horse race with two-time WPT champion Cornel Cimpan taking the honor with 344,500 chips.
Michael Loncar was the only other player finishing Day 1b over 300,000, as he finished with 310,500.
Place | Name | Flight | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
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1 | Cornel Cimpan | 1b | 344,500 | 229 |
2 | Michael Loncar | 1b | 310,500 | 207 |
3 | Lane Jacobson | 1a | 283,000 | 188 |
4 | Richard Peloquin | 1a | 274,000 | 182 |
5 | Man Pham | 1a | 269,000 | 179 |
6 | Chad Burum | 1a | 263,000 | 175 |
7 | Phaly Nou | 1b | 260,000 | 173 |
8 | Tyler Patterson | 1a | 258,500 | 172 |
9 | Lam Le | 1a | 254,500 | 169 |
10 | Xai Vang | 1b | 214,000 | 142 |
Just 75 of the 187 Day 1b entries advanced to Day 2, adding to the 83 survivors from Day 1a. Those 158 players will be joined at noon Monday by any last-minute entries who can buy in with 26 big blinds before registration closes to start level 9.
Among the notables to bag Sunday were Scott Stewart (160,000), Nick Pupillo (155,000), Angela Jordison (143,500) and Johnnie Moreno (68,000), while others such as Sean Drake and Jarod Minghini will have to take that final opportunity for entry before play begins at noon Monday.
Ten more 60-minute levels are scheduled Monday, beginning with level 9 at blinds of 1,000 / 1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante. Players will reach the money on Day 2 with prizepool and payout information available once registration has closed.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort until a champion is crowned on Tuesday.
Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | 1 | Adam Curchack | 81,000 | 54 |
1 | 2 | Bob Mather | 93,500 | 62 |
1 | 3 | |||
1 | 4 | Joshua Steiner | 118,000 | 78 |
1 | 5 | |||
1 | 6 | Johnnie Moreno | 68,000 | 45 |
1 | 7 | Harry Sellers | 172,500 | 114 |
1 | 8 | Lee Markholt | 33,000 | 22 |
1 | 9 | Frank Szuchopa | 36,000 | 24 |
2 | 1 | Jeff Beachy | 53,500 | 35 |
2 | 2 | Joe Mussat | 37,500 | 25 |
2 | 3 | |||
2 | 4 | Paul Hawkins | 43,000 | 28 |
2 | 5 | Toko Luu | 17,000 | 11 |
2 | 6 | Jeff Spruitenburg | 30,000 | 20 |
2 | 7 | Farhad Ghafari | 145,000 | 96 |
2 | 8 | Arish Nat | 67,000 | 44 |
2 | 9 | Richard Kirlin | 50,000 | 33 |
3 | 1 | Dong Meng | 126,500 | 84 |
3 | 2 | Charles Swan | 174,000 | 116 |
3 | 3 | |||
3 | 4 | Andy Witek | 154,000 | 102 |
3 | 5 | Antonio Gutierrez | 121,000 | 80 |
3 | 6 | David Goodkin | 155,000 | 103 |
3 | 7 | Lam Le | 254,500 | 169 |
3 | 8 | Marco Johnson | 26,000 | 17 |
3 | 9 | Gary Pisarek | 154,500 | 103 |
4 | 1 | Mario Lopez | 158,500 | 105 |
4 | 2 | |||
4 | 3 | |||
4 | 4 | Travis Fujisaka | 212,000 | 141 |
4 | 5 | Ryan Andrada | 26,000 | 17 |
4 | 6 | Phaly Nou | 260,000 | 173 |
4 | 7 | Bryant Miller | 127,000 | 84 |
4 | 8 | Shain Matthews | 38,000 | 25 |
4 | 9 | Reggie Pears | 38,500 | 25 |
5 | 1 | Paul Richardson | 129,000 | 86 |
5 | 2 | Alan Burgess | 83,000 | 55 |
5 | 3 | |||
5 | 4 | Stuart Young | 106,500 | 71 |
5 | 5 | Jeff Platt | 36,000 | 24 |
5 | 6 | Roger Bailey | 181,000 | 120 |
5 | 7 | Angela Jordison | 143,500 | 95 |
5 | 8 | Jose Cruz | 37,500 | 25 |
5 | 9 | Chad Burum | 263,000 | 175 |
6 | 1 | Michael Needle | 94,500 | 63 |
6 | 2 | |||
6 | 3 | |||
6 | 4 | Xai Vang | 214,000 | 142 |
6 | 5 | Moshe Gavrieli | 106,000 | 70 |
6 | 6 | Eliezier Gonzalez | 129,500 | 86 |
6 | 7 | Jon Des Pois | 131,000 | 87 |
6 | 8 | Brian Estrada | 53,000 | 35 |
6 | 9 | Jack Surwald | 140,000 | 93 |
7 | 1 | Nicholas Loxley | 144,000 | 96 |
7 | 2 | Jesse Dinsley | 92,500 | 61 |
7 | 3 | |||
7 | 4 | Richard Peloquin | 274,000 | 182 |
7 | 5 | Evan Maurer | 36,000 | 24 |
7 | 6 | Francis Anderson | 90,500 | 60 |
7 | 7 | Man Pham | 269,000 | 179 |
7 | 8 | Ben Ludlow | 152,000 | 101 |
7 | 9 | Rachel De La Torre | 97,000 | 64 |
8 | 1 | David Larson (CA) | 125,000 | 83 |
8 | 2 | Ying Wang | 53,000 | 33 |
8 | 3 | |||
8 | 4 | Stephen Song | 50,500 | 33 |
8 | 5 | Sung Keem | 34,000 | 22 |
8 | 6 | Max Young | 54,500 | 36 |
8 | 7 | Pol Candelon | 71,000 | 47 |
8 | 8 | Forrest Kollar | 79,500 | 53 |
8 | 9 | Trevor O'Donoghue | 66,500 | 44 |
9 | 1 | Feiyue Wu | 73,500 | 49 |
9 | 2 | Damion Underwood | 54,000 | 36 |
9 | 3 | |||
9 | 4 | Francis Nguyen | 28,000 | 18 |
9 | 5 | Gene Davenport | 49,500 | 33 |
9 | 6 | Joe Fernandez | 98,000 | 65 |
9 | 7 | Tyler Patterson | 258,500 | 172 |
9 | 8 | Kenny Jones | 82,500 | 55 |
9 | 9 | Cedrric Trevino | 107,500 | 71 |
10 | 1 | Andrew Ostapchenko | 178,000 | 118 |
10 | 2 | Ray Henson | 181,000 | 120 |
10 | 3 | |||
10 | 4 | Lance Oliver | 87,000 | 58 |
10 | 5 | Toan Nguyen | 151,500 | 101 |
10 | 6 | Haixia Zhang | 48,000 | 32 |
10 | 7 | Jorgio Castro | 196,000 | 130 |
10 | 8 | Pierre Philp | 27,500 | 18 |
10 | 9 | Kris Burchfield | 40,500 | 27 |
11 | 1 | Brett Murray | 29,000 | 19 |
11 | 2 | Anthony An | 145,000 | 96 |
11 | 3 | |||
11 | 4 | Eddie Barna | 94,000 | 62 |
11 | 5 | Menram Moeinzaoen | 58,500 | 39 |
11 | 6 | Rudy Robledo | 60,000 | 40 |
11 | 7 | Shijia Liu | 150,500 | 100 |
11 | 8 | Scott Stewart | 160,000 | 106 |
11 | 9 | Brandon Zuidema | 59,000 | 39 |
12 | 1 | Darren Rabinowitz | 75,000 | 50 |
12 | 2 | Greg Pincombe | 82,000 | 54 |
12 | 3 | |||
12 | 4 | Derrick Nobles | 125,500 | 83 |
12 | 5 | Rogelio Avalos | 36,000 | 24 |
12 | 6 | Alejandro Madrigal | 22,000 | 14 |
12 | 7 | Jon C | 38,500 | 25 |
12 | 8 | Kelly Mayhugh | 96,000 | 64 |
12 | 9 | Stephen Godfrey | 77,500 | 51 |
13 | 1 | Michael Rossito | 49,000 | 32 |
13 | 2 | Brock Wilson | 36,500 | 24 |
13 | 3 | |||
13 | 4 | Nick Pupillo | 155,000 | 103 |
13 | 5 | Greg Jennings | 115,000 | 76 |
13 | 6 | Victor Paredes | 70,500 | 47 |
13 | 7 | Joe Nguyen | 56,000 | 37 |
13 | 8 | Michael Lin | 43,500 | 29 |
13 | 9 | Elizabeth Smith | 80,500 | 53 |
14 | 4 | Connor Henderson | 111,500 | 74 |
14 | 8 | JC Tran | 96,500 | 64 |
14 | 1 | Jonathan Wang | 80,000 | 53 |
14 | 2 | Hock Lau | 32,000 | 21 |
14 | 3 | |||
14 | 5 | |||
14 | 6 | Mike Lancaster | 43,500 | 29 |
14 | 7 | [Removed:420] | 70,000 | 46 |
14 | 9 | Pat Lyons | 45,000 | 30 |
15 | 1 | Dylan Wilkerson | 114,000 | 76 |
15 | 2 | Papa Karn | 70,000 | 46 |
15 | 3 | |||
15 | 4 | Charisse Case | 142,000 | 94 |
15 | 5 | |||
15 | 6 | Allen Ayers | 75,000 | 50 |
15 | 7 | Mario Quijano | 71,500 | 47 |
15 | 8 | Nabil Zumout | 40,500 | 27 |
15 | 9 | David Covarrubias | 56,000 | 37 |
16 | 1 | Deven Cannon | 139,000 | 92 |
16 | 2 | Ben Underwood | 94,000 | 62 |
16 | 3 | |||
16 | 4 | Lane Jacobson | 283,000 | 188 |
16 | 5 | |||
16 | 6 | Arthur Tanimoto | 106,500 | 71 |
16 | 7 | Noel Rodriguez | 87,000 | 58 |
16 | 8 | Glenn Burleson | 61,000 | 40 |
16 | 9 | Masoud Shojaei | 9,500 | 6 |
17 | 1 | Florencio Arguelles | 110,000 | 73 |
17 | 2 | Juan Valadez | 191,000 | 127 |
17 | 3 | |||
17 | 4 | Michael Loncar | 310,500 | 207 |
17 | 5 | |||
17 | 6 | Mike Scalise | 144,500 | 96 |
17 | 7 | Craig Schott | 106,000 | 70 |
17 | 8 | Mark Egbert | 90,500 | 60 |
17 | 9 | Allan Fernando | 88,000 | 58 |
18 | 1 | Cornel Cimpan | 344,500 | 229 |
18 | 2 | Cornel Roman | 112,500 | 75 |
18 | 3 | |||
18 | 4 | Garrett Gruener | 119,000 | 79 |
18 | 5 | |||
18 | 6 | Liya Gerasimova | 192,000 | 128 |
18 | 7 | Yanki Koppel | 90,500 | 60 |
18 | 8 | Justin Saliba | 34,000 | 22 |
18 | 9 | Thomas Morris | 47,000 | 31 |
19 | 1 | Jasthi Kumar | 77,500 | 51 |
19 | 2 | Mike Runnels | 28,000 | 18 |
19 | 3 | |||
19 | 4 | Sok Chean | 24,000 | 16 |
19 | 5 | |||
19 | 6 | Wesley Lehman | 79,000 | 52 |
19 | 7 | Sasha Sabbaghian | 107,000 | 71 |
19 | 8 | Michael Ludwick | 161,500 | 107 |
19 | 9 | Dann Turner | 100,000 | 66 |
20 | 1 | Mark Dolan | 52,000 | 34 |
20 | 2 | Jeffrey Lennon | 133,000 | 88 |
20 | 3 | |||
20 | 4 | Benny Rosa | 27,500 | 18 |
20 | 5 | |||
20 | 6 | Adam Brownstone | 64,500 | 43 |
20 | 7 | Prab Thonduru | 74,500 | 49 |
20 | 8 | Kyle Kitagawa | 44,500 | 29 |
20 | 9 | Jesse Hollander | 142,500 | 95 |
21 | 1 | Megan Thomson | 67,500 | 45 |
21 | 2 | Joe Stapleton | 56,500 | 37 |
21 | 3 | |||
21 | 4 | Kenny Tran | 74,500 | 49 |
21 | 5 | |||
21 | 6 | Andrew Moreno | 169,500 | 113 |
21 | 7 | Stuart Tuvey | 125,500 | 83 |
21 | 8 | Rassoul Malboubi | 72,500 | 48 |
21 | 9 | William Prin | 22,000 | 14 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cornel Cimpan | 344,500 | |
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Michael Loncar | 310,500 | |
Lane Jacobson
|
283,000 | |
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Richard Peloquin
|
274,000 | |
Man Pham | 269,000 | |
Chad Burum |
263,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
Phaly Nou | 260,000 | |
Tyler Patterson | 258,500 | |
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Lam Le | 254,500 | |
Xai Vang | 214,000 | |
Travis Fujisaka | 212,000 | |
Jorgio Castro | 196,000 | |
Liya Gerasimova | 192,000 | |
Juan Valadez
|
191,000 | |
Roger Bailey | 181,000 | |
Ray Henson | 181,000 | |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 178,000 | |
Charles Swan | 174,000 | |
Harry Sellers | 172,500 | |
Andrew Moreno | 169,500 | |
Michael Ludwick | 161,500 | |
Scott Stewart | 160,000 | |
Mario Lopez | 158,500 | |
David Goodkin | 155,000 | |
Nick Pupillo | 155,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cornel Cimpan | 344,500 | |
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Michael Loncar | 310,500 | |
Phaly Nou | 260,000 | |
Xai Vang | 214,000 | |
Travis Fujisaka | 212,000 | |
Charles Swan |
174,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Scott Stewart | 160,000 | |
Mario Lopez |
158,500
158,500
|
158,500 |
Nick Pupillo | 155,000 | |
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Toan Nguyen |
151,500
151,500
|
151,500 |
Shijia Liu |
150,500
150,500
|
150,500 |
Anthony An |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Farhad Ghafari
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Mike Scalise
|
144,500
144,500
|
144,500 |
Nicholas Loxley
|
144,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
Angela Jordison | 143,500 | |
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Jesse Hollander |
142,500
105,000
|
105,000 |
Charisse Case |
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Deven Cannon |
139,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
Jeffrey Lennon |
133,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
Paul Richardson | 129,000 | |
Bryant Miller | 127,000 | |
Dong Meng |
126,500
126,500
|
126,500 |
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Garrett Gruener |
119,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
Joshua Steiner |
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Tournament staff has just announced that five more hands will be played to complete Day 1b.
Michael Loncar has been cruising in the last levels of the day and is currently the only player in the room over 300,000 chips.
In a recent hand picked up on the turn with approximately 15,000 in the middle on a board of , the big blind and cutoff each checked to Loncar on the button who bet 10,000.
Both his opponents folded and the pot was pushed to Loncar.
"My lucky hand" said Loncar as he showed a raggedy that had flopped him two pair to earn the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Loncar |
331,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
Johnnie Moreno raised to 2,800 in the cutoff and was called by Greg "Spartacus" Pincombe on the button.
The flop came and Moreno bet 3,000.
Pincombe then clicked it to 6,000 and after a brief pause, Moreno folded his hand, leaving himself just under 50,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Pincombe |
61,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Johnnie Moreno |
48,000
-25,500
|
-25,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cornel Cimpan |
281,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
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Travis Fujisaka |
212,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
Paul Richardson |
130,000
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Arthur Tanimoto | 129,000 | |
Sasha Sabbaghian |
92,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Greg Pincombe |
49,000
-12,400
|
-12,400 |
Popular vlogger and coach Michael Loncar is pushing toward the chip lead as the night draws to a close.
After a raise to 5,500 from his opponent in the cutoff, Loncar three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind.
Action folded back to the original raiser who gave his decision some thought before asking Loncar "aces again," then folding.
With the pot Loncar is one of the select few in the field over 200,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Loncar |
233,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200